Iberia
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Iberia¹
- /aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/ UK
- /aɪˈbɪə̯ɹ.i.ə/ US
- /aɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə
Where it comes from
From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after Ἴβηρος (Íbēros, “the river Ebro”). See Iberia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
proper noun
- A peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
- A city and town in Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Ohio.
Iberia²
- /aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/ UK
- /aɪˈbɪə̯ɹ.i.ə/ US
- /aɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ US
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə
Where it comes from
[Alt: Iberia]
From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría). Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք (Virkʻ).
proper noun Iveria
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An antique and Byzantine name for the geographic region and ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia.
Similar: Caucasian Iberia
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name region south of the Pyrenees
| Español | Iberia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이베리아 iberia |
| 日本語 | イベリア iberia |
| Português | Ibéria |
| Français | Ibérie |
| Deutsch | Iberien, die Iberische Halbinsel |
| Italiano | Iberia |
| Ελληνικά | Ιβηρία Iviría |
| Română | Iberia |
| Русский | Ибе́рия Ibérija |
name ancient region of Georgia
| Español | Iberia caucásica, Iberia del Este, Iberia asiática |
|---|---|
| Português | Ibéria |
| Français | Ibérie |
| Deutsch | Iberien, Iberia |
| Ελληνικά | Ιβηρία Iviría |
| Русский | Ибе́рия Ibérija, Иве́рия Ivérija |
Talk about this word "Iberia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/iberia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Iberia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/iberia "Iberia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/iberia.Cite this
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title = {Iberia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iberia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
